Anti-rail-creeper.



J. W. STEPHENSON.

ANTI-RAIL GREBPER.

PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP OT. 17,1911.

J. W. STEPHENSON.

ANTI-RAIL GREEPER. IIIIIIIIIIIII L ED 06:117. 1911.

1,993,154., Patented Apr. 14,1914

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UNITED STACiEd Pihmhii JOHN W. STEPHENSON, 01E TOLEIYO, 015E233, ASSIGNUR .3743 THE NATIUNAL MALLEABLE CASTIIFGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A GDRPORACII'ION OF OHIO.

ANTI-RAIL-GREEPER incense;

Specification of Letters Patent. Pwbgntedi Apr, 141, 3914 Application filed October 17, 1911. Serial No. 655,211.

To all whom it may concern a v Be it known that I, Join: W. sort, a resident of Toledo, in the county er Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented a mew and useful Improvement in Anti-Raile Creepers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which 10 Figure 1 is a plan View showing my invention applied to a rail; Fig. 2 is a section on the line II.II of Fig. 1; Fig-3 is a perspeotive view of the rail-clamping member; big. 4 a perspective view of the bendable key; Figs. 5, 6 and 7 are views similar to Figs. 1, 2 and 4 but illustrating the modiffication, Fig. 6 eing a section on the line of'Fig. Fig. 8 is a plan view showing still another modification; Fig. 9 is a section .ontheline IX-IX of Fig. 8;

Fig". 10 is a detail perspective view of the key member of Figs. 8 and 9; and Fig. 11

is aperspective view of the rail-clamping member of said figures.

My" vention has relation to anticreepers for rails, and is designed to provide simple and efficient means of this character.

It is also designed to provide an anticreeper, in which the rail-engaging members can be securely locked in position against "the possibility of being jarred loose 1n service, the locking of the parts being effected by the act of seating and driving the securing kea fhe nature of my invention willgbe best Iunderstoodby reference to the accompanyingbdrawings, which will now be described, it

eing premised, however, that various changes can be made in the details of constructionand arrangements of the partsby those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit and sco e'of my invention,

' as defined in the appe ed claims. Referring first to that form of my invention' shown in Figs. 1 to-et, inclusive, the

' numeral, 2 designates a base member upon lwhich the'rail is seated, and which is formed.

f at one sideof the rail withthe lugs 3, for engagemenflwith one edge port on ofthe f5o.:. rail base, and which has at theo posite side ofjthe rail an .-upwardly exten ng projec- 'tion whose innerfacejisinchned longitu- "are. a e e as e e- 7, which extends cover the edge of the base flange of the rail and which also has one or nates a clamping member having a top lip of the base member is formed with the depressions 8 These lips preferably also extend to the opposite side of the clamping member, as shown at 9. 10 designates a key or looking member which is formed of malleable metal having a straight side 11, to seat against the outer side of the clamping member 6, and its opposite longitudinal face 12 tap ed. longitudinally ,to correspond to the ts er ofthe wedge face 5, before referred to. This key is formed at one end portion with. a driving head 13 and at the opposite end with a reduced bendable extension 14, which, when the key is driven to its seat, is designed to enter a curved bending or deflecting opening. or passage 15, which is formed in the base plate 2." In the construction shown, this opening or passage 15 is shown as being The operation will be readily understood. After the clamping member 6 h'asbeen en.-

gaged with the rail in the manner shown, the key member is driven between the" formed ina-"prd' jection 16 of said base plate.

clamping member and the inner face 5 or the projection d, and as it is driven to its seat, its bendable end portion 14 engages the -and efiectivemeans for preventing creeping of rails. The parts are simplein character n Il -I'H H Q and'can lee-readily assembled. No particularcarepn the partof the workmen smecessaryj to 'insure' the proper locking of thepa'rts, sincethis is efiected by the act of driving thekey ,to its sea-t.

ItwilLbe obvious that the form and de tails ot-nonstruction of the base plate, as

well the clamping member and the m key may be widely varied, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention/ as defined in the claims. Thus, in Figs. 5, 6 and 7, I have shown a modification in which the key and clamping member are combined in one piece, this piece being designated by the numeral 17. vIn this form of the invention, the projection 4 of the base plate has its inner face not only extending at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the rail, but it is also undercut to fit the bevel face 18 of the member 17. This member has a driving head 19, a rail-baseengaging lip :20, and a reduced bendable ex tension 21, which is adapted to engage a bending or deflecting opening or passage 22, in the base. plate, in a similar manner to that before described.

As above stated, the invention is susceptible of various other modifications:

Figs. 8, 9,10 and '11 show a still further modification in which the rail-clamping member 23 is made longer than in the forms before described and the bending or deflecting passage or opening for the bendable portion 24 of the securing key 25 is formed partly in this rail-engaging member and partly on the base member 26. That is to say, the rail-engaging member 23 is shown as having the concave depression 27, and the base member '26 isshown as having the convex projection 28, the bendable portion of the key being driven through a space or opening separatingsuch concave and convex portions and being clenched around the latter. This construction provides a positive lock for the member 23. The key is also shown as having a driving-out projection 30 on its upper surface. By driving sufliciently hard on this projection, the key can be forced out of its clenched locking engagement.

" "I claim:

1. An anti-creeping device comprising a plate having rail receiving flanges and having an inclined surface formed thereon, and a track engaging wedge adapted to be driven between one of the flanges of the plate and the rail and adapted to bebent upon said inclined surface for looking it in position.

2. In an anti-creeper for rails, a base member having a rail-seating portion, a member adapted to be driven longitudinally of the rail into wedging engagement with the base member and between an undercut face of the base member and the base flange of the rail, and means for locking the said members in wedging engagement, comprising a bendable portion upon one of said members adapted to be automatically deflected and locked in a curved guideway upon the other of said members.

3Q'In an anti-creeper forrails, a base member having a plurality of projections thereon, one of said projections being adapted to engage one base flange of the rail, a second member adapted to be inserted between the other base flange of the rail and the other projection and to be driven longitudinally of the rail and the base member whereby pressure is exerted upon the other base flange of the rail to secure the rail firmly in the device, and a bendable key adapted to be bent in a curved guideway in said base member.

4. A track fastening comprising a plurality of members relatively movable longitudinally of the rail into locking engagement with each other, said members having rail-engaging portions, and means for locking said members in wedging engagement comprising a bendable portion integral with one of said members arranged to be automatically deflected and locked in a. curved guideway in another of said members.

5. In railway track construction, a base member provided at one side with an upwardly extending portion adapted to engage one of the base flanges of the rail, and at the other side of the base member a projection inclined longitudinally of the rail and forming with the rail a guideway, a wedge member adapted to be driven into the guideway to secure the base member and the rail firmly together, a lreyway on the base member, said wedge member having a bendable l cking portion adapted to be locked in the lilyway in said base member,

6. In railway track construction, a plate 1 having upwardly extending flanges to receive a rail between them, one of said flanges being adapted to take over one side of the base portion of the rail. the other of said flanges having a longitudinally inclined surface, a deflecting channel on said base and a rail engaging wedge adapted to be adapted to be bent in the deflecting channel for locking it in position.

7. In railway track construction, a base member having at one side an upwardly eX- tending portion adapted to engage one base flange of the rail and on its other side an upwardly extending portion having an undercut face and being inclined longitudinally of the rail, a deflecting channel on said base, a rail engaging wedge adapted to be driven between the rail and the said face, and having one end-adapted to be bent in the deflecting channel for locking it' in position.

8. In railway track construction, a base member having at one side an upwardly extending portion for engagement with. the base flange of the rail, and having an undercut wedge projection at the opposite side of the base member and asecuring device adapted to be driven between said pro jection and the rail, a deflecting portion on comprising part of said second member driven between said surface and the rail and said base member, said securing device hav- In testimony whereof, I have hereunto ing a portion extending over the base flange setv my hand.-

of the rail and having bendable means JOHN V. STEPHENSON. adapted to be locked in place by engagement Witnesses:

with the deflecting portion of' the base J 011x J. MANNING,

member. s N. B. MACKENZIE. 

